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Belcourt is scheduled to return to court in Airdrie on May 30 for election and plea.

Strong winds, gusting up to 90 kilometres an hour, will continue to hit Airdrie throughout the day. According to Environment Canada, the northwest winds are blowing at 50 to 80 km an hour, possibly reaching up to 90.

The Western Irrigation District (WID) stated the recent conditions has provided a much more positive outlook on their irrigation season compared to a month ago. 

Rocky View County (RVC) recently released an Agricultural Sector Profile developed by the County’s Economic Development department to assist with investment attraction, business retention, and expansion of the agriculture sector in the County.

Throughout the pandemic, provincially funded social supports were scaled back in rural Alberta. Services were consolidated. In-person offices closed. And long-running programs abruptly ended.

Opponents of a provincial government proposal to build a dam on the Bow River just east of Cochrane are having trouble understanding why the project has even remained a possibility this long.

Less than one per cent of sarcoma diagnosis, which equates to only 200 world wide, have received the diagnosis of CIC – Rearranged Sarcoma, and Katie is one of them, according to a press release.

Airdrie council will meet at 1 p.m. on May 7 for its regular council meeting.

With the announcement of the provincial governments Bill 20, many of Alberta's rural leaders are joining the chorus of opposition to the province's sweeping amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).

The provincial government could save a lot of time and money by just abandoning the feasibility study of a flood/drought mitigation project, according to a townhall in Cochrane.